The Brewers bullpen blew a lead on a rainy night in Kansas City, letting the Royals sweep the two-game series with a 6-4 win.
Starter Corbin Burnes was rock-solid, giving up just two runs, two hits, and a walk in the first six innings Wednesday.
Outfielder Jackie Bradley Junior snapped an oh-for-22 slump with a home run and had another homer reduced to a sacrifice fly by Michael Taylor’s circus catch.
Two Kansas City runs in the seventh and two more in the eighth wiped out the Brewers lead.
Milwaukee has lost 12 of its last 16 games.
Milwaukee is off Thursday, then Adrian Houser starts a weekend series at Cincinnati Friday.